St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
RECENT DEATHS.


the Everett house in Jacksonville.
Florida, last Sunday. He had not been
in perfect health for some years and
since early last fall had been seriously
i'll. Dec. % he went South in hopes to
regain his health, and was apparently
much improved by the change. st.
JOhnsbury acquaintance met him in
Jacksonville few weeks ago and he
appeared much better, and letters
were received here Saturday written
by Col. Jewett last week Wednesday
that he should return to st. Johnsbury
early next month. The next news was
telegram announcing his death.
Albert b. Jewett was born in Swan
ton in 1899 and was therefore So years
old at the time of his death. AS a
young man he was interested in the
study of civil engineering and at one
time joined surveying party in an
expedition i'm the West. He began
mercantile business i'm SwantOn in
1850, having with him at various times
a number of partners until the out
break of the war when the firm was
dissolved and Mr.. Jewett and his then
partner, E. L. Barney, both went into
the army. Mr.. Jewett went to the
front with the first regiment that left
this state, serving first as 1st Lieut.. of
Co. A, LIST regiment, during its term of
service. After repeated promotions he
was mustered in as colonel of the 10th
regiment in 1862 and continued in
charge of the regiment until April 25,
1864, when he resigned. He command
ed his regiment at the battle of Orange
Grove and was commended by his
brigade commander for courage and
efficiency.
Col. Jewett returned to his old bust
ness in SwantOn at the close of the war
and so continued until 1871 when he
sold out. At about this time began
ests of this section of the state. The
Portland & Ogdensburg road was then
in course of construction and Col.
Jewett, first a member of the executive
committee of construction, was soon
chosen superintendent, with head
quarters at st. Johnsbury, and to his
efforts was largely due the completion
of the road through the LamOille val
ley to Swanton. The history of the
road need not be recOunted here, sui
fee it to say that in 1877 Col. Jewett
and A. w. Hastings were appointed
receivers and so continued until 1880
when the mortgages were fOreclOsed,
and the ST. Johnsbury & Lake Cham
plain road was organized with Col.
Jewett superintendent and one of the
board of directors. This arrangement
continued until the lease of the road to
the Boston & Lowell in the fall of
1885. After this Col. Jewett for a time
continued superintendent of the vt.
division, so called, and then was elect
ed vice president and one of the di
rectOrs of the Boston & Lowell road,
positions he held at the time of his
death. He was Il man of great execu-
tive ability and attempted and succeed
ed in performing tasks that would
have seemed impossible to less deter
mined men. Calvin Morrill, :said he was
the most remarkable man he ever saw,
for he "built railroad without money
or credit either"
During the last few years Col. jew
EFT has been prominently identified
with the large lumber interests of Es
sex county, being member of the
firm of c.. H. Stevens g. Co., himself
and Col. w. P. Fairbanks representing
the "CO." He was also engaged in
partnership with his brother at Swan
ton in the manufacture of lime on an
extensive scale.
When a young man he married Miss
Acsah Giffin of st. Lawrence Co., N.
Y, who survives him. To them have
been born two children, a daugh ter
and son, both of whom died under
peculiarly sad circumstances. The
daughter, Frances, when 10 married
j. A. Gould of Rutland and died with
in the following year, in 1870. George
E., son of much promise, while in his
sophomore year at Dartmouth, was
taken sick, returned to his SwantOn
home and died in 1880 in his Goth
year, leaving the parents childless.
Mrs. Jewett thus specially bereaved
has the sympathy of many friends in
ST. JOhnsbury and SwantOn. Col.
Jewett's father died some years ago
but his mother survived until the pres
ent winter, dying but Il few months
ago. Col. Jewett spent most of his
time during the past few years in ST.
Johnsbury, though he called Swanton
his home. He was prominent and a
Jealous Mason and was past right emf
nent grand commander of the grand
commandery of the state and past EN-
inent commander of Lafayette COM
mandery, St. Adams. He will be
buried with Masonic hOnOrs O-morrow
at SwantOn.
WEsT.-George w. West, former
resident of st. JOhnsbury, died at
Manchester, n. H., March at the age
of Sc. His remains were brought here
H., l.; I'll